Level of logging detail, Controlling log file size, Level of logging detail controlling log file size – RSA Security 6.1 User Manual

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Logging

September 2005

Level of Logging Detail

You can control the level of detail recorded in the system log files with

LogLevel

,

LogAccept

, and

LogReject

settings.

X

The

LogLevel

setting determines the level of detail given in the RADIUS

system log file. The

LogLevel

can be 0, 1, or 2, where 0 is the least amount

of information, 1 is intermediate, and 2 is the most verbose. It is specified in
the [Configuration] section of

radius.ini

file.

X

The

LogAccept

and

LogReject

flags allow you to turn on or off the

logging of Access-Accept and Access-Reject messages in the log file. These
flags are set in the [Configuration] section of

radius.ini

: a value of 1 (the

default) causes these messages to be logged, and a value of 0 causes the
messages to be omitted. An Accept or Reject is logged only if LogAccept or
LogReject, respectively, is enabled and the LogLevel is “verbose” enough for
the message to be recorded.

The

TraceLevel

setting specifies whether packets should be logged when they

are received and being processed, and what level of detail should be recorded in
the log.

Controlling Log File Size

Optionally, you can specify a maximum size for a RADIUS system log file by
entering a non-zero value for the

LogfileMaxMBytes

setting in the

[Configuration] section of the

radius.ini

file.

X

If a maximum file size is set, the name of the RADIUS system log file
identifies the date and time it was opened (

YYYYMMDD_HHMM

.log). When the

current RADIUS system log file approaches the specified number of
megabytes (1024 x 1024 bytes), the current log file is closed and a new one is
opened. The closed file will be slightly smaller than the specified maximum
file size.

X

If the maximum file size is set to 0 (or if the

LogfileMaxMBytes

setting is

absent), the RADIUS system log file size is ignored and log file names are
datestamped to identify when they were opened (

YYYYMMDD

.log).

NOTE: If LogFileMaxMBytes is configured for a small non-zero number, the

log file may exceed the specified maximum file size in less than a minute.

To

avoid file name collisions (two

log files created during the same minute

interval), the log info does not roll over more than once per minute. Instead, the
log file size is ignored until the minute precision clock changes to ensure that
log files have unique file names. No log data is lost.

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